Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Slot Review

Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

Using Big Time Gaming’s Megaways engine, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot has 6 reels and up to 147,456 ways to win. You’ll see 6 reels each with up to 6 symbols as well as a 4×3 grid above the 4 middle reels. The 4×3 grid will contain only wilds and blanks meaning up to 8 symbols in total on each of the 4 central reels.

Bets-wise, you can play Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways from 20p to £250 per spin. Utilising the same setup in all Pragmatic Play slot games, there are plus and minus buttons on either side of the main ‘Spin’ button which are to be used to change your bet. Non-UK slots players can take advantage of Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins) as well as Turbo/Quick Spin modes.

When it comes to returns, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways RTP is 96.7%. Much higher than the 96% slots average, Pragmatic Play also offers 95.69% and 94.62% RTP versions. You can check by opening the Paytable.

Very high volatility, the hit frequency rate is 20% (a win every 5 spins) with the free spins being triggered every 319 spins (on average). Lastly, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways comes with 20,000 x bet top payouts. This is won, on average, every 1.5 million spins.

Theme: the ultimate fishing trip

With a fishing theme, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot follows a long line of ‘Big Bass’ games from Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom. Visually, it looks almost identical to its predecessors and to Big Bass Bonanza Hold & Spinner in particular.

Set underwater, you’ll first notice the chilled soundtrack which will make you want to put your feet up as you cast a line. Using the same imagery as other ‘Big Bass’ slots, the paying symbols are identical.

You’ll come across A, K, Q, J and 10 royals as well as fish, tackle boxes, dragonflies, fishing rods and fishing floats. The fishing float symbol is the best paying with 1, 2, 10, 25 or 50 x your total bet awarded for 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination (across successive reels beginning from reel 1).

Then you have the Fishing Net Wild symbol that substitutes for all symbols above when forming part of a winning combination. You’ll also see the fish symbols with cash prizes, a Lamp Mystery symbol, a Big Bass Scatter and a Fisherman which only appears during the free spins.

In the respins, you’ll come across Coin Money and Diamond Money symbols. More details on these special symbols can be found below in the Bonus Features section.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 or 1 x bet
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 or 1 x bet
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 or 1 x bet
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1.5 x bet
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1.5 x bet
Fish	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 1.5 x bet
Tackle Box	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.5, 0.8 or 2 x bet
Dragonfly	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.5, 1 or 2.5 x bet
Fishing Rod	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 2.5 or 5 x bet
Fishing Float	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 10, 25 or 50 x bet
Fishing Net Wild	Substitutes for all paying symbols
Lamp Mystery	All instances transform to random paying symbol
Big Bass Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins feature
Fisherman	Appears during free spins + collects Fish Money symbols
Coin Money	Appears during Hold & Spin feature
Diamond Money	Appears during Hold & Spin feature

Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Mobile

Released on the 28^th of August 2023, Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways is compatible with desktop, tablet and mobile devices. Optimised to play on iOS, Android and/or Windows smartphones, a laptop or PC is recommended due to all the moving parts.

Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Bonus Features

The Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot comes with 5 bonus features. With Pragmatic Play throwing as much in as they can, there are tumbles, transforming mystery symbols and free spins with Fishermen collecting Fish Money symbol prizes. This can lead to more free spins and a multiplier on Fisherman collections. In the Hold & Spinner feature, look out for Diamond Money symbols which are worth up to 2,000 x your total bet.

Tumble feature

After every winning combination, the Tumble feature applies. Found mostly in grid slots, all winning symbols disappear with the remaining symbols falling into the vacated positions. The new empty positions are occupied with new symbols falling from above. If this creates a win, the process repeats itself (i.e. another tumble) until no more wins are formed.

Mystery Symbols feature

Look out for the Lamp Mystery symbol that can land randomly in the base game or free spins. All instances of the Lamp Mystery symbol will transform into the same paying symbol. In the Free Spins feature, mystery symbols can appear randomly and transform when a free spin contains only Fishman symbols and no Fish Money symbols.

Free Spins feature

The Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot comes with a Free Spins feature. It’s triggered by landing 3 or more Big Bass Scatter symbols anywhere during a base game spin. 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters will result in 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins respectively.

On the reels, you’ll come across various Fish Money symbols that take a random bet multiplier amount ranging from 2 to 5,000 x your total bet. These can be won during the free spins. In the base game, the Fish Money symbols explode and tumble normally. However, they fall to the bottom of the screen as tumbles occur during the Free Spins feature.

Look out for the Fisherman symbol that appears on all reels during the free spins only (not on the topmost row though). Each Fisherman symbol collects all the Fish Money symbol values on the screen.

Fisherman symbols are collected too with every 4^th Fisherman symbol awarding 10 extra free spins as well as a multiplier for Fish Money symbol collections. The first retrigger will see a 2x multiplier in place with a 3x and 10x multiplier for the second and third retriggers. From the fourth retrigger onwards, the multiplier increases by 10.

Hold & Spin feature

On the reels (except the top display), Coin Money symbols can appear. When 3 or more Coin Money symbols land, the Hold & Spin feature is triggered.

The triggering Coin Money symbols stay in position with all other symbols fading away. The setting sees Pragmatic Play’s favourite fisherman head out in the dead of night. It’s accompanied by a hillbilly-style soundtrack.

A grid of symbols remains with the initial Coin Money symbols added to the prize pool. With 3 respins awarded, new Coin Money symbols landing will reset the respins tally to 3. Each new Coin Money symbol landing sees the Fisherman collect all prizes on the reels.

There are also Diamond Money symbols that contain prizes between 50 and 2,000 x your total bet. Now, if you win below 20 x your total bet during the feature, 3 respins are awarded. The feature ends when you run out of respins.

Buy features

Players outside the UK have the option of 2 Bonus Buy features. You can buy your way into the Free Spins feature and/or the Hold & Spins feature. The RTP remains the same with either option too.

Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Review Summary: Fisherman + Diamond Money symbols key to reeling in a huge catch

With so many ‘Big Bass’ games produced by Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot wasn’t the obvious choice in terms of gameplay. Visually, it’s like its predecessors though so this will please fans at least.

That said, you might expect Pragmatic Play to add the Megaways engine to what’s on offer in Big Bass Bonanza Hold & Spinner. Well, they haven’t. With lots of bonus features thrown in, you can benefit from up to 147,456 Megaways or ways to win which is not commonly found in Megaways slots.

The Free Spins feature is all about the Fish Money symbols which drop to the bottom of the screen. When the Fisherman makes his appearance, Fish Money symbol values are collected and won. Landing enough Fisherman will see you win additional free spins as well as adding a multiplier to Fish Money symbol collects. There’s no limit to the number of free spins or the multiplier either.

In the Hold & Spinner feature, only the triggering Coin Money symbols remain in play. New Coin Money symbols will see the values of all being collected and won. The key during the respins is the Diamond Money symbol which can be worth up to 2,000 x your total bet.

In summary, the Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways slot is the best of the series to date. It boasts 20,000 x bet max wins which can be won in the base game, free spins and respins. I’m not quite sure what else Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom can add for future ‘Big Bass’ slots though but I would expect them to try!